Antibióticos: importância terapêutica e perspectivas para a descoberta e desenvolvimento de novos agentes Antibiotics: therapeutic importance and perspectives for the discovery and development of new agents

<abstract language="eng">There is a continuous need for antibiotics, mainly with new mechanisms of action, since infectious diseases represent the second major cause of death in the world and bacteria resistance levels are high. This review describes the contribution of microbial nat...

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Main Authors: Denise Oliveira Guimarães, Luciano da Silva Momesso, Mônica Tallarico Pupo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2010-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000300035